LEAST AN HOUR AND A HALF. POLL WORKERS WERE A NO-SHOW. ELECTION DAY HEADACHES. HINDS COUNTY VOTERS WERE TURNED AWAY FROM SOME POLLING PRECINCTS TUESDA MORNING. ARE YOU KIDDING I'M SURPRISED. REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS SAY THEIR POLL WORKERS DIDN'T SHOW UP AT THREE LOCATIONS. ALL I CAN SAY TO THEM IS I'M SORRY SOMEBODY DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB AND THAT FALLS BACK ON ME BUT I COULD NOT WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND MAKE SOMEBODY APPEAR WITH T BOX FOR THE BALLOTS. GOP POLLING AT OAK FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MACLEAN FIRE STATION AND THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN RAYMOND WAS DELAYE THE ONE IN RAYMOND WE HAD PEOPLE THERE BUT THE BALLOTS WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTY SO I DID NOT HAVE BALLOTS SO EVEN WITH THE PEOPLE THERE THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE BALLOTS. HINDS GOP CHAIR PETE PERRY APOLOGIZING TO VOTERS I UNDERSTAND THEIR FRUSTRATION I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT THEY CAN EITHER GO BACK ARE THEY DON'T GET A VOTE IT'S MY FAULT I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT THEY CAN GO BACK AND THEY CAN GO VOTE WHAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GO BACK I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER ROSS WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO GO VOTE FOR THEM WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS FORCED TO SCRAMBLE TO FIND REPLACEMENT POLL WORKERS. POLLING AT THE THREE PRECINCTS DIDN'T START UNTIL AN HOUR AND HALF AFTER THE POLLS OFFICIALLY OPENED AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING. TWO SOLUTIONS ONE HINES COUNTY SHOULD HAVE HALF AS MANY PRECINCTS AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AS MANY POLL WORKERS YOU CAN GET A BETTER QUALITY POLE WORKER TWO IT IS BE ABLE TO PAY POLL WORKERS A BETTER AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THEIR 14 HOURS. ABOUT TWO DOZEN VOTERS AT THE RAINEY ROAD FIRE STATION WERE FORCED TO CAST ABSENTEE BALLOTS. POLL WORKERS DIDN'T HAVE POLL BOOKS WITH VOTERS NAME ROSS ADAMS 16 WAPT NEWS. CONTINUING OUR COMMITMENT 20-19 COVERAGE... LESS THAN 2 HOURS UNTIL THE

While there was a steady turnout reported for Tuesday's primary elections, some problems were reported at the polls, election officials said.Tap here for election results.About two dozen people had to cast absentee ballots at the polling location on Rainey Road in south Jackson because poll workers did not have the books with the voters' names, election officials said. The book was dropped off and the problem was resolved about 30 minutes after the polls opened at 7 a.m., poll workers said.There were also problems reported at the polling locations at United Methodist Church in Raymond, Oak Forest Elementary School in Jackson and Victory Baptist Church in Madison, according to officials with the secretary of state's office. In those cases, poll workers were late. Poll workers at Pineview Baptist Church in Clinton had incorrect ballots fro the Republican primary election, officials said. Mississippians were deciding Democratic and Republican nominees for offices from governor to county supervisor. On the Republican side, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves seeks to fend off challenges from former state Supreme Court Justice Bill Waller Jr. and state Rep. Robert Foster.Among Democrats, Attorney General Jim Hood is challenged by seven candidates, including Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith and retired Jackson State University administrator Velesha P. Williams.Republican voters have contested primaries for lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer. Democrats will decide a nominee for secretary of state. Runoffs will be Aug. 27 in races where a candidate doesn't get a majority Tuesday. Winners advance to the Nov. 5 general election.

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While there was a steady turnout reported for Tuesday's primary elections, some problems were reported at the polls, election officials said.

About two dozen people had to cast absentee ballots at the polling location on Rainey Road in south Jackson because poll workers did not have the books with the voters' names, election officials said. The book was dropped off and the problem was resolved about 30 minutes after the polls opened at 7 a.m., poll workers said.

There were also problems reported at the polling locations at United Methodist Church in Raymond, Oak Forest Elementary School in Jackson and Victory Baptist Church in Madison, according to officials with the secretary of state's office. In those cases, poll workers were late.

Mississippians were deciding Democratic and Republican nominees for offices from governor to county supervisor.

On the Republican side, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves seeks to fend off challenges from former state Supreme Court Justice Bill Waller Jr. and state Rep. Robert Foster.

Republican candidates for governor Tate Reeves, William Waller Jr. and Robert Foster

Among Democrats, Attorney General Jim Hood is challenged by seven candidates, including Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith and retired Jackson State University administrator Velesha P. Williams.

Republican voters have contested primaries for lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer. Democrats will decide a nominee for secretary of state.

Runoffs will be Aug. 27 in races where a candidate doesn't get a majority Tuesday. Winners advance to the Nov. 5 general election.